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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address potential feed price hikes following confirmation that animal feed ingredients destined for Ireland have been diverted to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41692/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legislation will be introduced that will require mandatory CCTV recording in meat factories such as that introduced by the Scottish Government to protect public and animal health and food safety and transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41693/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements of an applicant's internal IT system in order to access the web service used for the Bord Bia grass-fed beef standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance that Bord Bia provides to applicants who require their IT systems updated in order to use Bord Bia’s grass-fed beef standard web service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41909/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the initial on-site grass fed audit required as part of the Bord Bia grass-fed beef standard to be carried out by a nominated agent has ever been carried out by a nominated agent rather than Bord Bia directly; the regularity with which this occurred in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if this has not occurred,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the companies that have operated as nominated agents for Bord Bia with regard to monitoring or surveillance audits as a part of the grass-fed beef standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: 847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans and proposals to expand the Irish hemp sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41912/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank both the IFA and the INHFA for their submissions. Farming organisations have been acutely aware of Brexit. Agriculture is probably the first sector to have been across Brexit, long before the referendum took place. Farmers were the first to recognise the challenges that Brexit could present to Ireland. As we speak, we could be hours - never mind days, weeks or months - away from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: I welcome all our guests and thank them for taking time out from what is a pivotal moment for the future direction of Irish food. The next number of hours, days and weeks will have a huge impact on the agri-food sector in the broadest sense. I will try to be as brief as possible with my questions because a number of speakers want to come in and there are questions with the Minister shortly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: The only one in the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: What about company structures?

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: In many respects, the Bill before the House is a vindication for those people who went to the bother of casting their votes in February. Many people were despondent at the refusal of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to recognise the huge mandate for change. One of the dominant issues of that election campaign, as we know now, was the stated, much vaunted and defended intention of Fianna...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: I also want to raise the issue of housing for people seeking asylum. There has been a bit of a conversation around direct provision, a system which is an abomination. The fact that we are still utilising it all these years later is a scandal and a testament of a failed policy. I note over the past three years there has been an increasing dependency on emergency accommodation which falls...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is a lot of money and a big outlay to carry out an important role. Essentially that money is going to private companies to house people for whom we have an international obligation to provide shelter while their asylum process is ongoing. What level of inquiry does the Department make when entering into contracts with people providing emergency accommodation as to their track...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: Is it fair to say that the use of some hotels for this purpose has become, in some instances, almost a singular use of those hotels and that has been the case over a prolonged period of time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: In some cases I understand there is a third party, a cog in the wheel between the Department and the hotels. Is it individuals or companies that the Department would work with on a contract basis to find suitable accommodation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: Has only one company been given that role?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: That would be useful. Ms Buckley mentioned that this was primarily hotel accommodation. Is it not fair to say that in some cases it involves dwellings, for want of a better term, in remote areas? In other words, houses would be used for the purposes of emergency accommodation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: I return to the issue of emergency accommodation. We talked about the cost of €35 million. I am trying to get a sense of the role of the intermediary. I do not know whether the witnesses have to hand the names of the companies that the Department has contracted to identify emergency accommodation. Of the €35 million, how much was paid to those companies in 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (9 Dec 2020)

Matt Carthy: Without putting the Comptroller and Auditor General on the spot, is there anything in the accounts that would point us to that figure?